Social Question

What would you give a TED talk about?

Here’s a link to the TED talk site, in case you want to know more about TED talks and what people have talked about. I think of them as talks about things you care about most passionately; the idea you have that might have the biggest impact of all your ideas.

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I’d show a few really cool recipes made up specially for the talk. Talk a little about history. Show a lot of slides that are mouth watering. And end with some upbeat note about chocolate and love. Everyone’s mouths would be watering by the end, and if experience is any guide, I’d end up with one or two new phone numbers.

I’d talk about people who don’t take care of their pets properly and then lash out/blame other people when they aren’t able to care for them when they are sick. Yes, veterinary care is expensive but no one made you get your pet. You have a responsibility to that animal when you take it home to properly care for it. Why should staff at a veterinary clinic (who have their own bills) spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on your dog when you haven’t even gotten it a $10 vaccine? Take responsibility for your pet and your actions.

Or maybe I’d explore why some people who’ve experienced childhood abuse end up being abusers themselves or ‘broken’ in some other way and others come through it more or less okay. It’s a topic I wonder about a lot, but I don’t have any answers.